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Trump Pushes ‘Buy American’

Construction industry officials are poring over President Trump’s new executive order that aims to expand “Buy American” preferences for infrastructure projects. They want to determine what the impact will be. The Jan. 31 directive covers more types of materials and projects that use a much wider range of federal financial aid categories than a 2017 Trump order did.

It wasn’t immediately clear how the new executive order will apply to highways, the largest federally assisted infrastructure program. Federal-aid highway work is covered by a different preference program, called Buy America, which was created by a 1982 statute.

Events

On March 21, 2019, hundreds of your colleagues will gather at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers in New York City for ENR's 54th Annual Award of Excellence Black-Tie Gala. Just like past events, in 2019 you will have the opportunity to network with more than 1,000 construction leaders and make critical connections, while joining us to celebrate the Top 25 Newsmakers for their achievements in 2018 and be inspired by the Award of Excellence Winner.